Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1924, Page 20

CANVASS OF FEW BLOCKS GAINS 350 SUNDAY SCHOOL INCREASE Mount Vernon Church Workers Have Unusual Suc- cess in Effort to Recruit From Neighbor- hood of Structure. The need of a little home mis- fonary work by the churches of this ¢ity is made evident by the result of ‘a drive being made by the Sunday 'chool of the Mount Vernon Place Zpiscopal _Church South, which Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth astor, for 1.000 new members. nvassing a few blocks in the im- t the church Sun- workers of the Sunday school obtained 140 children under the age of 17 yvears and 210 persons over Mho have tigned men p cards. Previous fo this canvass, which is to be con- tinued, miembers had been ob- tained by a mail solicitation The work is being carried on under the dircction of Rev. M. Leo RIppYy, 5 or_of the church, who of the Sunday school is in work. Workers Assigned Blocks. After the morning service, at which another drive of the church had its culmination when the congregation aubscribed $4.169 to meet the church's quota of §2,000 for the superannuated ministers’ pension fund, the can- vassers met in one of the Sunday school and were Served with uncheor the women of the Ruff- ner Class, after which a short talk was made by Rev. Mr. y. viding into coupl out to their oanvass. Every house in the section hounded by Eleventh, Third, P and H streets was visited by the groups. As was to be expected, in these home were found people of many beliefs. Th canvassers first asked if the persons being interviewed were members of any | church or particul their answers we effort wis made to attend the Mo room obtain th 1t Vernon When negative replies were received, their names were taken and the names of the churches of which they had been members before abandoning attendance. With their permission, cards were sent to these churches in order that the of- ficlals might get in touch with them. Methodists Without Church. Others who were members of out-of- town Methodist churches but had falled to transfer their church membership to this city were requested to connect themselves with the Mount Vernon Place Church. The greater part of those who became members of the Sunday school came within this class, although many were members of no churches. Wash- tngton, because of the floating nature of its population, has always been believed | to have many church members who at- tended here and there, without allying themselves with any particular church, and the drive was partly in the hope of finding many of this class who would become active members rather than passive. Of the 350 who were obtained on this first day, 100 have signified their inten- tion of becoming members of the church as well as the Sunday school. Another feature of the services car- ried on at .the Mount Vernon Place Church under the direction of Rev. Rippy is the junior church. This is a service for the young people who are still too small to attend the services in the main auditorinm, ho would, if the M:Cormick Medical Glasses Fitted Coliegs i Eyes Examined Grnduate Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Fhone Main 721 409-410 McLachlen Bldg. 10th and G Bts. N.W. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. attended, take up space that is in- adequate now for the adults who attend. The services are conducted by Rev. Rippy exactly along the lines of those upstairs. There is & cholr of 25 volces, trained by him, that sings anthems, leads the hymns and responses and is vested as is fhe adult cholr. Varlous members of this young congregation take part in the prayer service, read the Seripture lessons and the Psalms, and a number of them act as ushers, passing the collection plates and showing others to seats. Between 125 and 150 children each Sunday take part in these services. Drive to Continue, Next Sunday the drive will be con- centrated in the blocks bounded by Eleventh, Thirteenth, H and P streets, which are expected to prove even more fruitful than the territory al- ready covreed, as the section is more thickly populated. Tables are to be placed along Ninth street, K street and Massachusetts avenue, the streets that bound the wedge occupied by the church, at which will be members of the Sun- day school, who will interview all those passing by, whether bound for church or not, in an effort to interest them in joining the Sunday school. One interesting incident in connec- tion with the canvass last Sunday had to do with a woman, an invalid, well over 80 years of age, Who had “listened In” at a service broad- cast from the church nearly a year ago when Rev. Dr. Clovis G. Chap- pell, former pastor, made a plea in the interest of a drive to pay off the church debt. 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Saint Louis, U. 8. 4. sat out tractive fellow and a But she By a clever excuse, she out” on the balcony. You, yourself, rarely know when you have halitosis (un- pleasant breath). That's the in- sidious thing about it. And even your closest friends won’t tell Test the remarkable deodor- izing effects of Listerine this way: Rub a little onion on your Listerine y the onion This safe and long-trusted antiseptic has dozens of differ- ent uses; note the lictle circular that comes with every bottdle. Your druggist sells Listerine in the original hmwn_rgachge three sizes: three ounce, seven ounce and fourteen ounce. Buy the large size for economy.— Lambert Pharmacal Company, she an at- dance “sat it Sometimes, of course, hali- from some seated organic disorder that deep~ advice. But usually—and fortunately —halitosis is only a local con= dition that yields to the regue lar use of Listerine as 2 mouth wash and gargle. Itisaninter- esting thing that this well- known antiseptic that has been in use for years for surgical dressings, possesses these un= usual properties as a breath ere are house, and when the Invalid was in- formed that @ member of the Mount Vernon Place Church was present she took the money from its keeping place and gave it to the couple for use in connection with the debt. The drive for Sunday school mem- bers will continue until November 9, when revival services will be held at the church under Rev. Burke Cul- pepper, the “Billy Sunday” of the Southern Methodist Church. Although the church is almost at its capacity now, it is hoped so to increase the present membership of 2,600 that the plans to erect a $200,000 Sunday school building on land owned by the church at the rear of the church building, making more space available for church services, may be pushed for- ward at an early date. Convinced by the unexpected suc- cess of the Sunday school drive, offi- clals of the church feel confident that a similar drive for members of the adult church would,give a like re- sponse it accommodations to seat them could be provided. UNDERGOES‘OPERF;TION. Samuel W. Rutherford, manager of the National Benefit Insurance Com- pany, 609 F street, who was shot Monday by Arthur Joadson, allus Robert A. Luke, a discharged em- ploye, was operated upon at Freed- men’s Hospital yesterday. The operation was performed by Drs. W. A. Warfleld and A, M. Curtis, and it was reported that his condition was favorable to recovery. Joadson was taken to Police Court and the case continued until the wounded man is able to appear. PLEASANT TO TAKE This standard laxative fs now easy and plessant to use. Get LULY'S HE-TEST EPSOM SALTS TABLETS Peoples Drug__Company other drug stures. and MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE CLEA! RY, STOR. R F TTORE Estimates cheertully xiven. 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